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Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 6368

$51K
Penalty
—
Cost recovery
$15K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-1998-0011
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

FAILURE TO HAVE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT; LEAK DETECTION TEST. 6 NYCRR 373- 3.10 AND 6 NYCRR 373- 3.10(N)(9) (STATE'S GENERATOR REG. FOR TANKS) THIS FACILITY, LOCATED AT 222 CENTRAL AVENUE, FARMING- DALE, N.Y. 11735, FABRICATES AND TREATS METALS FOR THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. THE FACILITY MAINTAINED TWO 500 GALLON UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS FOR STORING CORROSIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE. ALTHOUGH THE TANKS WERE LOCATED OVER A SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK, THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO PROVIDE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT FOR THE TANKS AND FAILED TO PERFORM LEAK TESTING. BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE, RESPONDENT WAS ISSUED THIS ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT WITH A PENALTY OF $103,600 AND WAS REQUIRED, WITHIN 90 DAYS, TO EITHER INSTALL SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS AND LEAK DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR EACH TANK, OR, SUBMIT CLOSURE PLANS FOR THE TWO TANKS TO THE STATE AND EPA.

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